Historical figures in Rome
The atlas holds 91 people and 241 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Mother Teresa, Theodore Roosevelt and Jules Verne. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Ancient World and the Space Age.
Notable people
Mother Teresa
in 1983
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1870
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Jules Verne
in 1884
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Michael Faraday
in 1814
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1819
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Antonio Vivaldi
in 1722
1 moment here
Italian Baroque composer, violinist, priest, teacher, and opera impresario. Born in Venice, Vivaldi held long associations with the Ospedale della…
Helen Keller
in 1946
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Horace
in 8 BC
1 moment here
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was a Roman lyric poet, satirist, and former republican military tribune.…
Plutarch
in 70
1 moment here
Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…
George Frideric Handel
in 1707
1 moment here
German-British Baroque composer. Born in Halle, he worked in Hamburg, travelled in Italy, served as Kapellmeister at Hanover, and settled in England.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1509
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Giovanni Boccaccio
in 1367
1 moment here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1985
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Hannibal
in 211 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
Hannibal
in 211 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Kurt Cobain
in 1994
1 moment here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Hadrian
in 118
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Carrie Fisher
in 2016
1 moment here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Paul Walker
in 2011
1 moment here
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor best known for playing Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.…
Moments
- 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
- 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
- 1769 Departure for Italy Francisco Goya
- 1770 Hears the Miserere in the Sistine Chapel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1770 Reaches Rome Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1771 Study visit in Rome Francisco Goya
- 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1787 Begins second Roman residence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1805 Reaches Rome Simón Bolívar
- 1805 Swears the Monte Sacro oath Simón Bolívar
- 1814 Writing from Rome Michael Faraday
- 1817 Journey to Rome Lord Byron
- 1819 Winter stay in Rome Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1833 Arrives in Rome Hans Christian Andersen
- 1834 Returns to Rome for Easter Hans Christian Andersen
- 1840 Begins winter residence in Rome Hans Christian Andersen
- 1845 Enters Rome through Porta del Popolo Charles Dickens
- 1848 Visit to revolutionary Rome Giuseppe Verdi
- 1853 Visit for Il trovatore Giuseppe Verdi
- 1863 Visited Rome during the 1863 journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1870 Visit to Rome and meeting with Pius IX Theodore Roosevelt
- 1877 Audience with Pope Pius IX Oscar Wilde
- 1882 Appears in Rome Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1884 Private audience with Pope Leo XIII Jules Verne
- 1893 Falstaff premiere visit to Rome Giuseppe Verdi
- 1906 Arrival in Rome for bank work James Joyce
- 1917 Designs Parade in Rome Pablo Picasso
- 1922 Rome journey with Amédée Ozenfant Le Corbusier
- 1923 Visits Rome with Anna Freud Sigmund Freud
- 1924 First European journey: Italy Gabriela Mistral
- 1926 Meets Mussolini in Rome Rabindranath Tagore
- 1928 Work trip to Rome from Provence Gabriela Mistral
- 1929 Signing the Lateran Treaty Benito Mussolini
- 1931 Visits Vatican and meets Mussolini Mahatma Gandhi
- 1933 Summer journey in Italy Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1935 Declaration of war on Ethiopia Benito Mussolini
- 1936 Proclamation of the Italian Empire Benito Mussolini
- 1938 Arrives in Rome Adolf Hitler
- 1940 War declaration against Britain and France Benito Mussolini
- 1944 At British Embassy in Rome Winston Churchill
- 1946 Postwar visit to Rome Helen Keller
- 1946 Studies at the Angelicum Pope John Paul II
- 1948 Travels to Rome Salvador Dalí
- 1949 Meets Pope Pius XII Salvador Dalí
- 1955 Film study in Rome Gabriel García Márquez
- 1962 Second Vatican Council participation Pope John Paul II
- 1963 Met Italian leaders in Rome John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Met Pope Paul VI John F. Kennedy
- 1967 Created cardinal Pope John Paul II